突く【つくtsuku】to prick; to poke; to use (a cane); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)突く【つつくtsutsuku】to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to peck at (one's food); to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on楯突く【たてつくtatetsuku】to oppose; to resist; to defy